Denison Journal of Religion
Abstract
“’When We Get Up Yonder, We Shall Have Them Rights Restored To Us:’ Sojourner Truth’s ‘The Injustice of Slavery’ and the Rhetoric of Black Liberation Theology of Hope” by Nordia Bennett, ’17. Bennett situates her reading of Sojourner Truth’s famous speech in the black liberation theology of James Cone, connecting Truth’s views of Jesus’ actions with Cone’s historical, Jewish Jesus. Her analysis continues with a mention of the socioeconomic circumstances of black people as expressed in Truth’s speech, connecting these observations to modern scholarship regarding the injustices of modern economics. Finally, she reads Truth in the light of Jurgen Moltmann, arguing that Truth’s text firmly grounds her in a long and continuing tradition of black liberation theology. She concludes with several social implications of her research.
Recommended Citation
Bennett, Nordia
(2017)
"When We Get Up Yonder, We Shall Have Them Rights Restored to Us: Sojourner Truth’s “The Injustice of Slavery” and the Rhetoric of Black Liberation Theology of Hope,"
Denison Journal of Religion: Vol. 16, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.denison.edu/religion/vol16/iss1/6